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Azerbaijan occupies leading position in WEF report on ICT development indicators

ICT Materials 9 September 2009 11:34 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept.9 / Trend H.Valiyev /

Azerbaijan occupied a leading position in the rankings on the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF), The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 said.

Azerbaijan occupied a leading position in the CIS in a number of indicators. The country is ranked at 75th place on the number of subscribers of fixed line and 82nd on levels of mobile penetration. Azerbaijan ranked 86th on the number of internet users, the WEF reported.

The WEF ranking conducted by the WEF specialists is a summary table of countries ranked by the level of development of competitiveness in this or that country. In assessing the corresponding conditions and points, experts relied on a number of indicators, including level of development of ICT.

The results of the rating confirm that Azerbaijan has significantly better indicators among the CIS countries.

COUNTRY

Number of advanced technology

Use of Advanced technology

Legislative base on ICT

Direct foreign investments in ICT

Level of mobile connection penetration

Level of internet penetration

level of broadband penetration


Azerbaijan

60

55

44

33

82

86

85

Georgia

93

115

97

79

95

99

81

Ukraine

90

97

90

116

25

71

66

Kazakhstan

101

85

55

113

59

82

64

Russia

102

104

93

103

14

74

68

Kyrgyzstan

127

126

122

128

109

81

107

Tajikistan

121

119

101

112

111

103

104

Armenia

115

105

111

85

93

109

86

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